Sustainability in America's cities
Subtitle: creating the green metropolis
By: edited by Matthew I. Slavin
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781597267410; 9781597267427
Subjects: City planning; Case studies; Urban ecology (Sociology); Urban policy; Sustainable development
Description: Sustainability in America's Cities highlights how the nation's cities are solving conflicts between urban development and the environment, and reducing the impacts of climate change. It presents empirically based, multidisciplinary case studies of sustainability policy, planning, and practice from a geographically diverse group of cities. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of the urban sustainability movement in America / Matthew I. Slavin; title: Strategic climate planning in Portland / Matthew I. Slavin and Kent Snyder; title: Greening Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley from a blighted brownfield to a sustainable place to work and play / Christopher DeSousa; title: A cautionary tale : Phoenix, the role of the university and the politics of green-tech / Jonathan Fink; title: LEED in the nation's capitol : a policy and planning perspective on green building in Washington D.C. / Gerrit Knapp ... [et al.]; title: The greening of mobility in San Francisco / Aaron Golub and Jason Henderson; title: Wind, waves and watts : creating a clean energy future for Honolulu / Matthew I. Slavin ... [et al.]; title: Green city, clean waters : sustainable storm water management in Philadelphia / Lynn Mandarano; title: Toward a sustainable New York City : greening through urban forest restoration / P. Timon McPherson; title: Greening the food supply in New York City / Nevin Cohenn and Jennifer Obadia; title: Where sustainability stands now : contemporary trends and future prospects / Matthew I. Slavin.